
The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving by Jan and Mike Berenstain Our best stuff doesn’t weigh anything at all – like love, family, friends, and faith. “Sometimes we think we need stuff, but it’s just more weight for us to carry. Here is a direct quote from the book, teaching what our “best stuff” really is: Papa Bear’s responses teach children that the things of this world are passing and that focusing on them isn’t what life’s about. In this book Little Cub asks Papa Bear questions about life. This is, in my opinion, the number one “minimalism” book for kids. Here are the top 5 books I’ve found to teach generosity, simple living, and minimalism to children: Books that teach the importance of giving to those in need and living with enough not excess. It’s important to me to have books in our home that promote what we most value and help pass these values on to our daughters. We value having fun and adventures instead of spending time maintaining lots of stuff.

We value generosity, helping those in need, and living simply.

In our minimalist home, we value spending time with each other over owning the newest, biggest thing. The type of books we expose them to can help shape their values, thought patterns, and ultimately the people they’ll become. What we choose to read reflects who we are, what’s important to us, and what we choose to learn and think about. He continued to write and illustrate children's books until his death in 1985 from leukemia.A favorite author and speaker of mine says, “We become the books we read.” Some of Jack Kent's more famous works are Silly Goose, The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo and The Caterpillar and The Polliwog. Meebles outstanding picture book of the year for 1970. Jack Kent's book, Just Only John, received awards from the Chicago Graphics Associates and the Children's Book Clinic. He began writing and illustrating children's books in 1968. Jack Kent and his wife named their home on the banks of the San Antonio River King Aroo's Castle. Jack Kent wrote and drew the 1968 syndicated Christmas cominstrip, Why Christmas Almost Wasn't. The early comic strips were collected in a 192 page book, King Aroo, published in 1953.

His first nationally recognized work was King Aroo whcih was syndicated and distributed from 1950-1965. He left high school at the age of 15 and began a career as a freelance commercial artist. Jack Kent was born in 1920 in Burlington, Iowa.
